KimNorth:Why does this feel set up? What kind of stunt was this and why?? WHY????

I'm not a conspiracy theorist at all. But, the whole thing doesn't look or sound right at all. Disarmed by his target after stalking right up on him? Within arm's reach? Where was his security? Why did they let him get that close to the man?

How did a man intending to kill another on live tv manage to let an elderly politician with no remarkable physical prowess disarm him?

wellreadneck:LDM90: wellreadneck: The vigilante mob was only slightly less disturbing than the assassination attempt.

If by vigilante you mean people who were trying to keep from getting shot themselves.

Shot by a prone, disarmed man?

I'm not sure it was evident he was completely disarmed. Who knows what else he had.

I guess I just don't see it as an angry mob. I see it as a bunch of frightened people who want to make absolutely sure he can't hurt them. If a wild animal is trying to eat your face, do you fight it until it backs off a little or do you keep hitting until it's absolutely incapable of eating your face?

I think we have become so desensitized to events and so utterly suspicious of everything that the "this is fake" alarm bells ring prominently no matter what the situation is. Frankly, I believe this was a genuine assassination attempt and the politician is VERY LUCKY to be alive today.

I found the roughing up the would-be assassin had at the end unnecessary and somewhat disturbing, but I think too many posts make him out to be the victim, in typical libtard fashion. The guy almost killed their party leader - I wouldn't get a few licks in, but I am not too surprised that a few people vented some frustration on him. In any case, he is alive, and hopefully will be interrogated and can give us some idea about the motive for this crime, as well as who might have hired him (if indeed he was hired to do this.)

Why would an ethnic Turk would-be assassin go after an ethnic Turk politician? Speculation abounds. One theory is that he was hired to do it. Another theory is that the 25-year old is a "second-generation ethnic Turk" who has a political ax to grind against the ethnic Turks. Another possibility is that he is just a hooligan who wanted 15 min of fame. In any case, now that he has been captured, hopefully some answers will be forthcoming.

KangTheMad:HotWingAgenda: doglover: KimNorth: Why does this feel set up? What kind of stunt was this and why?? WHY????

Because an assassination attempt makes controversy and surviving makes you look cool.

Also, when a man has a gun, he can be a lot farther away. Coming up that close and pausing to let "victim" get his shiat together is the wrong way to assassinate someone with a pistol. He could have put a few rounds into the old man from 10' away instead of standing there waiting.

Almost as though the whole point was to make the politician look like an innocent man being targeted for assassination, and get a good photo op in the process.

See one post above you, and several other posts in this thread.

The would be assassin was Turkish, I've pretty much no reason to doubt it wasn't a legit attempt.

Yeah, IF it was a setup, the assassin wasn't in on it. He, at least, thought it was real. Because no way a fake assassin would let himself get beat up by a bunch of old men. I've also heard that Bulgarian security still has leftovers from the Soviet days in the back room, so unless THEY'RE in on the scheme, that guy is in for a bad night. He may be wishing he was back in Incirlik being abused by Turkish guards.

KimNorth:Why does this feel set up? What kind of stunt was this and why?? WHY????

Because an assassination attempt makes controversy and surviving makes you look cool.

Also, when a man has a gun, he can be a lot farther away. Coming up that close and pausing to let "victim" get his shiat together is the wrong way to assassinate someone with a pistol. He could have put a few rounds into the old man from 10' away instead of standing there waiting.